Abstract
Arguments are adduced to show that the doublet centred at 4152 A occurring in the spectrum of all fluorescing diamonds arises from ‘forbidden’ transitions analogous to the forbidden3P-1S transitions in the spectrum of C I. On the basis of this analogy, fluorescence lines are also expected to occur at about 8816 A and 7849 A, analogous to the3P-1D and1D-1S transitions in C I. Of these, the former should also occur in absorption, while the latter should not occur in absorption and should be emitted only if the exciting radiation has a wavelength shorter than 4152 A. A line has actually been found at 7930 A, satisfying the latter conditions. The former line could not be recorded being outside the limit of sensitivity of the photographic plate.
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